Fascinating. Allometry of nostril spacing in whales negative scales with the trophic level.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fascinating. Allometry of nostril spacing in whales negative scales with the trophic level.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
🧪 #EvoBio #Macroecology
Sometimes allometry is just beautifully obvious.
Watercolor painting showing the cool development of the longfin batfish (Platax teira) from juvenile to adult #sciart #fish #watercolor
July 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Sometimes allometry is just beautifully obvious.
Enriquez, N.J., Campione, N.E., Hendrickx, C. & Bell, P.R. (2025) Epidermal scale growth, allometry and function in non-avian dinosaurs and extant reptiles. Journal of Anatomy, 00, 1–34. Available from: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Epidermal scale growth, allometry and function in non‐avian dinosaurs and extant reptiles
Scale shapes in non-avian dinosaurs and extant reptiles are mostly retained through growth. However, positive scale allometry and proportional differences in scale breadth are also detected, which ar...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Enriquez, N.J., Campione, N.E., Hendrickx, C. & Bell, P.R. (2025) Epidermal scale growth, allometry and function in non-avian dinosaurs and extant reptiles. Journal of Anatomy, 00, 1–34. Available from: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Trait #evolution drives speciation through complex interactions between genome size, adaptation and allometry: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #ProcB #PlantSci
July 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Trait #evolution drives speciation through complex interactions between genome size, adaptation and allometry: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #ProcB #PlantSci
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
My PhD student Guilherme Hermanson & I have a new paper out today in Ecology & Evolution! 🐢🤩
We think the morphologically conservative body plan of turtles can in part be explained by allometric constraints imposed by the shell. Thread 👇 for some highlights
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We think the morphologically conservative body plan of turtles can in part be explained by allometric constraints imposed by the shell. Thread 👇 for some highlights
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Shell Constraints on Evolutionary Body Size–Limb Size Allometry Can Explain Morphological Conservatism in the Turtle Body Plan
Turtle body size and limb size scale nearly isometrically along the group's evolution, although major deviations are only seen in highly specialized ecological or morphological groups. The evolution ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This is how you do comparative functional and trait based ecology 🌐🧪#allometry
♻️🆓: Contrasting biomass allocations explain adaptations to cold and drought in the world’s highest-growing angiosperms
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
#PlantScience
Contrasting biomass allocations explain adaptations to cold and drought in the world’s highest-growing angiosperms
AbstractBackground and Aims. Understanding biomass allocation among plant organs is crucial for comprehending plant growth optimization, survival and respo
doi.org
May 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This is how you do comparative functional and trait based ecology 🌐🧪#allometry
Proud to present the peer-reviewed version of our Cell Type Allometry paper, out today in Science Advances!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are animals of different sizes made of the same cell types?
Here’s an update of the main points and revision items
(with memes!)
Thread 👇🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are animals of different sizes made of the same cell types?
Here’s an update of the main points and revision items
(with memes!)
Thread 👇🧵
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Proud to present the peer-reviewed version of our Cell Type Allometry paper, out today in Science Advances!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are animals of different sizes made of the same cell types?
Here’s an update of the main points and revision items
(with memes!)
Thread 👇🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Are animals of different sizes made of the same cell types?
Here’s an update of the main points and revision items
(with memes!)
Thread 👇🧵
Darwin suggested that males often evolve weapons via sexual selection to compete with other males for mating opportunities.
He never, AFAIK, identified any cases of female weapons evolved by sexual selection. But here, it seems, is a case in earwigs.
🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM #EvoBio
He never, AFAIK, identified any cases of female weapons evolved by sexual selection. But here, it seems, is a case in earwigs.
🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM #EvoBio
Positive allometry in the forceps of the female earwig Anisolabis maritima (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae)
Abstract. Positive allometry and asymmetry in male weaponry have gained widespread recognition in the study of sexual selection. However, few studies have
academic.oup.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📢 New Paper @royalsociety.org
Our new study traces palm evolution to uncover how genome size, trait evolution, and allometry have shaped biodiversity
@renskeonstein.bsky.social @biggenomes.bsky.social WilliamBaker SidonieBellot
Link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@idiv-research.bsky.social #sDiv
Our new study traces palm evolution to uncover how genome size, trait evolution, and allometry have shaped biodiversity
@renskeonstein.bsky.social @biggenomes.bsky.social WilliamBaker SidonieBellot
Link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@idiv-research.bsky.social #sDiv
July 1, 2026 at 8:17 AM
📢 New Paper @royalsociety.org
Our new study traces palm evolution to uncover how genome size, trait evolution, and allometry have shaped biodiversity
@renskeonstein.bsky.social @biggenomes.bsky.social WilliamBaker SidonieBellot
Link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@idiv-research.bsky.social #sDiv
Our new study traces palm evolution to uncover how genome size, trait evolution, and allometry have shaped biodiversity
@renskeonstein.bsky.social @biggenomes.bsky.social WilliamBaker SidonieBellot
Link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
@idiv-research.bsky.social #sDiv
Cranial soft tissues scale non-uniformly in geckos, a group w/extensive body-size variation. DiceCT, μCT & phylogenetic comparative methods revealed negative brain allometry, positive allometry of jaw adductors & variable eye scaling.
Lagorio et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Lagorio et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
June 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Cranial soft tissues scale non-uniformly in geckos, a group w/extensive body-size variation. DiceCT, μCT & phylogenetic comparative methods revealed negative brain allometry, positive allometry of jaw adductors & variable eye scaling.
Lagorio et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Lagorio et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Allometry and phylogenetic divergence: Correspondence or incongruence? anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Allometry and phylogenetic divergence: Correspondence or incongruence?
The potential connection between trends of within species variation, such as those of allometric change in morphology, and phylogenetic divergence has been a central topic in evolutionary biology for...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Allometry and phylogenetic divergence: Correspondence or incongruence? anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Some 🧪 thoughts:
💀 the skull shows some differences to the adult skull shape (especially in the zygomatic region).
Did Homotherium show ontogenetic allometry in its skull?
I can't wait to see geometric morphometric analysis!
💀 the skull shows some differences to the adult skull shape (especially in the zygomatic region).
Did Homotherium show ontogenetic allometry in its skull?
I can't wait to see geometric morphometric analysis!
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Some 🧪 thoughts:
💀 the skull shows some differences to the adult skull shape (especially in the zygomatic region).
Did Homotherium show ontogenetic allometry in its skull?
I can't wait to see geometric morphometric analysis!
💀 the skull shows some differences to the adult skull shape (especially in the zygomatic region).
Did Homotherium show ontogenetic allometry in its skull?
I can't wait to see geometric morphometric analysis!
If you are at #ESAus24, may I interest you in my talk on "Understanding links between plant allometry, functional traits and the environment using first principles"?
10:30 AM today, Room 103.
10:30 AM today, Room 103.
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 PM
If you are at #ESAus24, may I interest you in my talk on "Understanding links between plant allometry, functional traits and the environment using first principles"?
10:30 AM today, Room 103.
10:30 AM today, Room 103.
Increasing tree size across Amazonia 🧪🌐 #allometry www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing tree size across Amazonia - Nature Plants
A global research network monitoring the Amazon for 30 years reports in this study that tree size increased by 3% each decade.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Increasing tree size across Amazonia 🧪🌐 #allometry www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Connectivity allometry is a robust organizing principle of the human functional connectome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.14.751437v1
September 21, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Connectivity allometry is a robust organizing principle of the human functional connectome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.14.751437v1
A starter pack for researchers using #scaling #allometry methods in ecology, economics, computer science, physical sciences, etc. Scaling offers insights into complex systems, linking dynamics from cells to individuals to societies & ecosystems - please add your name! go.bsky.app/EuNK9Na 🧪🦋🦫
November 12, 2024 at 2:06 PM
A starter pack for researchers using #scaling #allometry methods in ecology, economics, computer science, physical sciences, etc. Scaling offers insights into complex systems, linking dynamics from cells to individuals to societies & ecosystems - please add your name! go.bsky.app/EuNK9Na 🧪🦋🦫
Plant trait allometry by @shubhamschhajed.bsky.social: wetter and hotter sites are leafier than those in cooler and drier sites.
#ESAus2024
#ESAus2024
December 11, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Plant trait allometry by @shubhamschhajed.bsky.social: wetter and hotter sites are leafier than those in cooler and drier sites.
#ESAus2024
#ESAus2024
Check out our new paper - An allometry perspective on crops nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... we review how an #allometry & #scaling perspective on crops gives insights into phenotypic evolution, hybrid vigor, domestication, crop yields & a novel theory for the #GreenRevolution 🧪🌎🌾🦋
An allometry perspective on crops
Understanding trait–trait coordination is essential for successful plant breeding and crop modeling. Notably, plant size drives variation in morphological, physiological, and performance-related trai...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Check out our new paper - An allometry perspective on crops nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... we review how an #allometry & #scaling perspective on crops gives insights into phenotypic evolution, hybrid vigor, domestication, crop yields & a novel theory for the #GreenRevolution 🧪🌎🌾🦋
Lecture B09 of Stat Rethinking 2026: Generalized Linear Madness. Two examples of analyses that build up from scientific models first. #1 allometry predicts weight from height with ZERO parameters. #2 Vibrant ODEs for time series instead of cold dead lag models. Fully coded and animated with love.
Statistical Rethinking Lecture B09 - Generalized Linear Madness
YouTube video by Richard McElreath
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Lecture B09 of Stat Rethinking 2026: Generalized Linear Madness. Two examples of analyses that build up from scientific models first. #1 allometry predicts weight from height with ZERO parameters. #2 Vibrant ODEs for time series instead of cold dead lag models. Fully coded and animated with love.
TI;dr we still have so many questions about how other species produce and perceive sound, why they vocalize, and what determines their vocal repertoires!
Here's a paper on acoustic allometry that came out of this work if you want to start diving into findings! 6/7
Here's a paper on acoustic allometry that came out of this work if you want to start diving into findings! 6/7
Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner
Summary: Harbour seals are vocal learners that can escape acoustic allometry despite complying with anatomical allometric constraints. Advanced neural control over their vocal organs may allow them to...
journals.biologists.com
December 2, 2023 at 4:46 AM
TI;dr we still have so many questions about how other species produce and perceive sound, why they vocalize, and what determines their vocal repertoires!
Here's a paper on acoustic allometry that came out of this work if you want to start diving into findings! 6/7
Here's a paper on acoustic allometry that came out of this work if you want to start diving into findings! 6/7
Locomotor shifts, stylopod proportions, and the evolution of allometry in Synapsida - Bishop - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Locomotor shifts, stylopod proportions, and the evolution of allometry in Synapsida - Bishop - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Also, the picture inadvertently provides a brilliant example of allometry in human development
‘After that, I often think: “Nah, forget it.” The trade-off for having lots of work is that you have to get out there, always pushing to be seen. Which is tough when you have Jomo: the joy of missing out.’
Never has someone summed up my feelings so well #JOMO
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Never has someone summed up my feelings so well #JOMO
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Lena Headey looks back: ‘I told Harvey Weinstein where to go. A decade of possibilities disappeared’
The Game of Thrones actor on her feral youth, not playing the fame game, and being protective of her daughter
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Also, the picture inadvertently provides a brilliant example of allometry in human development